Add to that list the elusive "teen mystifier," a 17-year-old Dallas magician named John Tucker. Not only did he foretell a Seattle Seahawks victory -- any half-witted animal can do that -- he nailed the surprisingly lopsided score (43-8) and pegged linebacker Malcolm Smith, who was on absolutely no one's short list, as MVP.

Or so Tucker claims.

The stunt went like this: Tucker recorded himself making his prediction, placed a CD of the recording in a plexiglass cube that was hung in front of the Cotton Bowl for three days, completely inaccessible to anyone without a ladder and scissors to cut the zip ties.

The CD was retrieved this morning and put into a waiting stereo.

"Yo, whats up everybody!" his voice blares from the speakers. "This is John Tucker. It's 6:13 a.m. Thursday, January 30, and I'm recording this as my Super Bowl prediction: Go Seahawks! I believe the Seahawks will win the Super Bowl and the final score will be 43-8.

"As for the MVP player -- well, you're going to have to check under the CD sticker for that one."

Recording over, present-day Tucker retrieves the disc.

"You'll actually see on the actual CD, there's been a sticker the whole time. Check this out: right under the sticker, MVP player Malcolm Smith."